Wasatch-Cache National Forest

Wasatch-Cache National Forest

Infobox protected area | name=Wasatch-Cache National Forest
iucn_category=VI


caption=
locator_x=65
locator_y=63
location=Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, USA
nearest_city=Logan, UT
area=1,607,177 acres (6,504 km²)
governing_body=U.S. Forest Service

Wasatch-Cache National Forest is a United States National Forest located primarily in northern Utah (81.23%), with smaller parts extending into southeastern Idaho (16.42%) and southwestern Wyoming (2.35%). The name is from the Ute word "Wasatch" for a low place in high mountains, and the French word "Cache" meaning to hide. It was originally a term that referred to fur trappers, the first Europeans to visit the land. The Cache and Wasatch forest boundaries include 1,607,177 acres (6,504 km²) of land.

The Wasatch-Cache is headquartered in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

In August 2007, it was announced that the Wasatch-Cache National Forest would absorb the neighboring Uinta National Forest in order to more efficiently manage similar resources. The merged forest is based out of Provo and the Kamas Ranger District will be merged with the Uinta National Forest's Heber Ranger District in Heber City. With the newly included Uinta National Forest the forest will expand to 2,487,896 acres (10,068 km²). [http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/lar/2007/TABLE_6.htm]

Cache National Forest is located in northern Utah and southern Idaho. It has a land area of 701,453 acres (1,096 sq mi, or 2,838.7 km²). In descending order of land area it is located in parts of Cache, Bear Lake, Franklin, Weber, Rich, Box Elder, Caribou, and Morgan counties. (Bear Lake, Franklin, and Caribou counties are in Idaho, with the rest being in Utah.) There are local ranger district offices located in Logan and Ogden.

Wasatch National Forest is located in northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming. It has a land area of 905,724 acres (1,415.2 sq mi, or 3,365.3 km²). In descending order of land area it is located in parts of Summit, Tooele, Salt Lake, Davis, Uinta, Duchesne, Wasatch, Morgan, Utah, Weber, and Juab counties. (Uinta County is in Wyoming, with the rest being in Utah.) There are local ranger district offices located in Evanston and Mountain View in Wyoming, and in Kamas, and Salt Lake City in Utah.

Wilderness areas

There are seven designated wilderness areas in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, totalling approximately convert|309000|acre|km2|sing=off and comprising approximately 25% of the Forest's total acreage. [ [http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/wcnf/wilderness/ Wilderness] - Wasatch-Cache National Forest]

Logan District
* Mount Naomi Wilderness at convert|44523|acre|km2|sing=off
* Wellsville Mountain Wilderness at convert|22986|acre|km2|sing=off

Kamas, Evanston and Mountain View Districts
* High Uintas Wilderness at convert|456705|acre|km2|sing=off (shared with Ashley National Forest)

Salt Lake District
* Mount Olympus Wilderness at convert|15856|acre|km2|sing=off
* Twin Peaks Wilderness at convert|11796|acre|km2|sing=off
* Lone Peak Wilderness at convert|30088|acre|km2|sing=off (shared with Uinta National Forest)
* Deseret Peak Wilderness at convert|25508|acre|km2|sing=off

ee also

* List of U.S. national forests
* Harker Canyon
* Pfeifferhorn - The Little Matterhorn

References

External links

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/wcnf/ Wasatch-Cache National Forest]


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